The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection is providing $7.8 million in grants to 25 communities to purchase 2,237 acres of property to be preserved as open space.
The state paid has paid a Connecticut family $1.2 million for 155 waterfront acres in Clinton and Westbrook to be preserved as open space, authorities say.
The state will award $5.3 million in grants to 17 towns for capital improvements to roads, sidewalks, buildings and parks, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office announced.
Connecticut and the Trust for Public Land have reached an agreement to purchase a 1,000 property in the Connecticut River Valley to be used for preservation.